Lostsailor13
Senior Member
Getting ready to be hauled out and intend to put a line cutter on the shaft,which type you guys have on your boats,which type is recommended
I have both, a disc cutter on one shaft, a Spurs on the other. Long story, but I don't believe one is demonstrably better than the other.This may be one of those "which religion is best" kind of questions. If you search for this, I think you'll find votes for several different types of cutters.
I have Spurs and have had zero problems with them. Some different cutters can be installed by a diver, but since you're hauling, that's not a problem. Spurs have a piece that needs to be secured to your prop shaft strut, but out of the water I found it to be a pretty simple DIY install.
Good luck with whatever you choose.
I might just warn you guys if you cruise Downeast Maine with cutters you could feel the wrath of loberstermen. They don’t like cutters chopping their gear and more than once a boat owner has found some unfortunate consequences. Parts of Nova Scotia I’m told are even more hostile.
Rick
And how would any lobsterman know if any boat is equipped with line cutters?I might just warn you guys if you cruise Downeast Maine with cutters you could feel the wrath of loberstermen. They don’t like cutters chopping their gear and more than once a boat owner has found some unfortunate consequences. Parts of Nova Scotia I’m told are even more hostile.
Rick
I might just warn you guys if you cruise Downeast Maine with cutters you could feel the wrath of loberstermen. They don’t like cutters chopping their gear and more than once a boat owner has found some unfortunate consequences. Parts of Nova Scotia I’m told are even more hostile.
Rick
I might just warn you guys if you cruise Downeast Maine with cutters you could feel the wrath of loberstermen. They don’t like cutters chopping their gear and more than once a boat owner has found some unfortunate consequences. Rick
And this is why I switched from Spurs to Shaft Shark (or whatever the serrated disk is called). Over the course of 20-years, I found the Spurs inoperable upon haul twice (once a bearing failure, the other time the keeper anvil to hold half the scissor in place had shifted). 100% due to install or maintenance, but still, for a period of time i thought I had a line cutter when I did not. Spurs require prop removal to install. When I saw that same test video, I went with the disk style.I'm a fan of the KISS principle. 2 piece scissors cutters like Spurs, or 1 piece disc cutter ?
This line cutter test was done by a magazine 14 years ago. Best I can tell it's pretty much a draw between the 2 types
Spurs require prop removal to install.
I just put a pair of these shark cutters on my trawler, not cheap at 700.00 each, but the locals here in the north Tampa area, crab pots everywhere, swear by them.Getting ready to be hauled out and intend to put a line cutter on the shaft,which type you guys have on your boats,which type is recommended
I have that unit on the recommendation of locals in Nova Scotia. It seems to work.I just put a pair of these shark cutters on my trawler, not cheap at 700.00 each, but the locals here in the north Tampa area, crab pots everywhere, swear by them.
https://ab-marine.com/shaft-shark/